Nuclear Emergency Support Team

The Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) is the United States government's primary interagency emergency response unit for assessing and triaging contingencies involving nuclear material. The team is part of the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and can quickly deploy anywhere in the world. It is staffed by scientists, technicians, engineers, analysts, military, law enforcement, and public safety personnel who volunteer to serve with the unit on a part-time on-call basis.